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<blockquote data-quote="xWVU2010x" data-source="post: 132080678" data-attributes="member: 1467482">The Big East had an auto bid to the BCS. The criteria you’re referring to was some stipulation that the Big East had to have a champion average out in the top 12 of the BCS final poll over a given period (5 years?) but it never came into play as I believe the Big East satisfied the criteria and then was killed a few years after the evaluation period. The Notre Dame deal had to do with the non BCS bowls and most significantly the Gator Bowl where basically if ND was either not in the BCS and bowl eligible, they could take the Gator Bowl away from the Big East. What killed the Big East was the fact that the ACC set out to kill it, and it still existed as a recognized power conference all those years later with the Big East arguably producing a better product year over year. Therefore the ACC decided to go for the jugular and took Pitt Cuse and UL with WVU gaining a Big XII invite and they finished the job from 2003.I don’t think it’s about “cable subscription” more so than it’s about high quality inventory. The B1G took a blue blood and likely had to include UCLA to entice them to make the deal and abandon its history. If it was simply about subscriptions, then simply only UCLA would have gotten the job done. Therefore IMO if Baylor tops off a decade of being the only challenger to OU (3 conf titles/Heisman winner) with a National Title, or even simply a pantsing of Alabama in a CFP game, then their appeal will be tough to deny especially in a football fanatic state like Texas. Easier said than done, but end of the day they will have the same path OU routinely rode to the CFP, they will get an opportunity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="xWVU2010x, post: 132080678, member: 1467482"] The Big East had an auto bid to the BCS. The criteria you’re referring to was some stipulation that the Big East had to have a champion average out in the top 12 of the BCS final poll over a given period (5 years?) but it never came into play as I believe the Big East satisfied the criteria and then was killed a few years after the evaluation period. The Notre Dame deal had to do with the non BCS bowls and most significantly the Gator Bowl where basically if ND was either not in the BCS and bowl eligible, they could take the Gator Bowl away from the Big East. What killed the Big East was the fact that the ACC set out to kill it, and it still existed as a recognized power conference all those years later with the Big East arguably producing a better product year over year. Therefore the ACC decided to go for the jugular and took Pitt Cuse and UL with WVU gaining a Big XII invite and they finished the job from 2003. I don’t think it’s about “cable subscription” more so than it’s about high quality inventory. The B1G took a blue blood and likely had to include UCLA to entice them to make the deal and abandon its history. If it was simply about subscriptions, then simply only UCLA would have gotten the job done. Therefore IMO if Baylor tops off a decade of being the only challenger to OU (3 conf titles/Heisman winner) with a National Title, or even simply a pantsing of Alabama in a CFP game, then their appeal will be tough to deny especially in a football fanatic state like Texas. Easier said than done, but end of the day they will have the same path OU routinely rode to the CFP, they will get an opportunity. [/QUOTE]

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